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The formal banking system plays a pivotal role in the delivery of financial services, particularly credit. However, the delivery of credit to poor households in South Africa by the formal banking system is ...

Responding to one of the key recommendations of the transition from
apartheid to a democratic South Africa, the government promulgated the
South African Geographical Names Council Act No. 118 of 1998.1 The aim
of this ...

This article examines local contestations over Ramadan moon sightings
among Muslims in twentieth century Natal, South Africa, as a window to
debates about authority, identity and Muslim unification. The issue was ...

The sport declarations of TE Dönges as Minister of Internal Affairs in June
1956 and those of HF Verwoerd as Prime Minister in 1965 were aimed at
strengthening apartheid sport participation in South Africa. These ...

This article examines how Zanzibari women in KwaZulu-Natal are
negotiating their identities within the context of local and global realities.
In South Africa, while the post-apartheid period gave birth to non-racial
democracy, ...

Due to the British employing an extensive administrative policy concerning commerce and property tax, coupled with the attention focussed on Potchefstroom by the Transvaal War, a large and varied number of sources are ...

This article forms part of a larger project on the history of South African
military chaplaincy. It provides a review of the role played by the spouses of
Permanent Force chaplains in the military context of South Africa. ...

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Over the past decades many countries experimented with the Outcomes-Based Education (OBE) model. OBE was often accepted as a curriculum alternative when international curriculum transformation took place in ...

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The purpose of this follow-up article is twofold. Firstly, the article attempts to indicate how the teaching and learning of History in South Africa were influenced by the OBE History curriculum frameworks of ...

Most early scholars of the South African War focussed almost entirely on the struggle
between Afrikaner nationalism and British imperialism in which the role of Blacks was seen
as irrelevant. By focussing on Indians, a ...

This article focuses on the Natal Inter-Race Soccer Tournament, a littleknown
but popular tournament which was held under the auspices of the
Natal-Inter-Race Soccer Board (NISB) between 1946 and 1960. Coloured,
Indian ...

This article focuses on the socio-economic and political experiences of the artisanal diamond miners and the various communities within the hills of Chiadzwa situated in the Marange area of Manicaland Province in Zimbabwe. ...

In post-apartheid South Africa, many hopes were pinned on the process
of land-restitution to be a major part of power and wealth redistribution.
However, as the land claims process is linked to demonstrable historical
...

An analysis is made in this article of responses in the South Korean media
to the rise of Barack Obama, starting with his appearance on the scene as
presidential contender, then being nominated as the official candidate ...